The Fallen and the Elect: The Aurora Strain, Rogers Jerry J. K.

Автор: Rogers Jerry J.
Название: North of Elysium
ISBN: 0990582604 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780990582601
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Описание: Daimon - Greek derivative for the term demon; a unique and distinct malevolent spiritual influencer of man.A teenager from Africa learns he has the unique ability to hunt spirit-possessed creatures, some good, most evil. After the tragic loss of his father, he is sent on an undertaking to find a malicious daimon that has entered this world. He's aided by an exiled religious recluse from the Shoshoni Indian tribe of Wyoming who has the limited ability to read souls.The two journey to a mysterious small town in Northern California called Elysium. Here they meet an enigmatic sheriff and mayor, both at contention with one another. They learn never to go north or west from Elysium unless you're a passerby destined to travel the route. More important, they find the daimon is active in sending the wrong persons north, and must be stopped.If not successful in their pursuit to thwart the dangerous imp, the ramifications are greater than both realize.

Автор: Pournelle Jerry
Название: That Buck Rogers Stuff
ISBN: 9527303257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789527303252
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The year was 1977. Elon Musk was in First Grade. Jeff Bezos was in early puberty just reading SCIFI books, not selling them. The space shuttle was 4 years away and the last Apollo mission was 5 years past. Yet a wonky aerospace engineer and college professor was asking How Do We Get Back to Space and What Do We Do Once We Are Up There?

Here in That Buck Rogers Stuff Jerry Pournelle lays out his fascination with technological solutions for the world's 1978 problems and beyond.

Written on an IBM Selectric typewriter during an Analog time, these predictions will later be fully explored in classics like Starswarm which introduced Artificial Intelligence or The Mote in Gods Eye exploring the societal effects of a 1000 year library as a precursor for cloud computing.

Автор: Rogers Elden Duane, Rogers Jerry
Название: So Long for Now: A Sailor`s Letters from the USS Franklin
ISBN: 0806156325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806156323
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Описание: Elden Duane Rogers died on March 19, 1945, one of the eight hundred who perished on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin that day. It was his nineteenth birthday. Write home often, the navy told sailors like Elden, thinking it would keep up morale among sailors and those waiting for them stateside. But they were told not to write anything about where they were, where they had been, where they were going, what they were doing, or even what the weather was like. Spies were presumed everywhere, and loose lips could sink ships. Before a sailor's letter could be sealed and sent, a censor read it and with a razor blade cut out words that told too much.So Long for Now reconstructs the lost world of a sailor's daily life in World War II, piecing together letters from Elden's family in Vega, Texas, and from his girlfriend, the untold stories behind Elden's own letters, and the context of the war itself. Historian Jerry L. Rogers delves past censored letters limited to small talk and local gossip to conjure the danger, excitement, boredom, and sacrifices that sailors in the Pacific theater endured. He follows Elden from enlistment in the navy through every battle the USS Franklin saw. Flight deck crashes, kamikaze hits, and tensions and alliances aboard ship all built to the unprecedented chaos and casualties of the Japanese air attack on March 19. ""So long for now,"" Elden signed off - never ""Goodbye."" This moving work poignantly confronts the horrors of war, giving voice to a young sailor, the country he served, the family and friends he left behind, and the hope that has sustained them.

Автор: Rogers Jerry J. K.
Название: The Fallen and the Elect
ISBN: 0692241116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692241110
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Цена: 17150.00 T
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